THE Chocolate Cake Recipe

• servings: 8 servings
• active time: 20 minutes
• total time: 55 minutes

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup cocoa

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons vinegar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups cold water

1 (16 ounce) container frosting (any flavor)

Directions

Heat the oven to 350°F Grease 2 round 9-inch pans; dust with flour.

Mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.

Mix oil, vinegar, and vanilla.

Stir oil mixture and water into flour mixture until well blended, about one minute.

Immediately pour batter into pans, dividing evenly.

Bake about 35 minutes, until toothpick insterted in center comes out clean.

Let cool 10 minutes.

Remove from pans, let cool completely, and frost. Stack the two rounds together to make a double-layer cake.

Nutrition

• Calories: 783.6
• Total Fat: 28.3
• Saturated Fat: 4.1
• Cholesterol: 0
• Sodium: 713
• Total Carbohydrate: 127.3
• Dietary Fiber: 2.3
• Total Sugars: 85.9
• Protein: 5.8